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W. 1. NEIDHAHT AND H. HIGH.

VEHICLE LOCK.

APPLICATION FILED MAY I9. I9I9.

1,3 l 9,609 Patented Oct. 21, 1919.

2 SHEETSSHEET I.

N V Elftown @13 I UNITED STATESA ermee) f WILLIAM J. miIDHART, or nAirsrIELD, Aivn HARRY HIGH, on' MAaIoN, oHIo.

: VEHICLE-Locri.

` To all whom it may concern 4 Be it lknown that'we, WILLIAM J. NE

HART and HARRY HIGH, Vcitizens of the` United States, residing at Al\4ansfeld"and Marion, respectively, in the counties of Richland and Marion," State of Ohio,fhave inventi do hereby declarethe following to bea full,

clear, and exact descriptionof theinvention,

such as will enable others skilled in the art towhich it appertains to make'anduse the Same.

"The invention relates to `vehicle locks and has for its object toprovide a lock of'this character, whereinf `the-front wheels of a vehicle, preferably an automobile, will `when' the lock is in locked positionbe prevented from being movedby the steering mechanism from an angled position', therebylpreventing `the running of the vehicle except ina circle.

A further object is to provide a lock carried by the front axle of a vehicle, and comprising av slidable bar slidable in brackets carried by the axle` and to provide the out end of the slidable barwith a convex sura face, which engages the spokes ofawheel so as to maintain the'wheel in angled position, and so construct the convex end so that the spokes of thewheel-will camoverthe same as the wheel is revolved.

Withtheaboveand other `objects in'iview, Y

the invention resides in 1the combination and arrangement of parts as hereinafter set forth, shown in the drawings, described and claimed, it being" understood that changes4 in the precise embodiment of theinvention may be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing Vfrom the spirit*l i is again bent as at 34 to form horizontal pordesignates the front axle of an automobile,

which isprovidedwith the arms 2 and disposed between said arms is the usual s vindle 3 which 1s pivotally mounted. in .bearingsY 4 `carried by the ends ltions 25. The bearing 30 oflthebracket 10 y ,Specification of Letters `Patent. i Patented Oct. 21,1919. application mea Mayie, `1919. 'serial No. 298,039. j

withl a rearwardlyv extending spindle arm `5 to which the steering connecting rod 6 is pivoted as at 7. The spindle is provided Brackets 10 and-11 are secured to the of the arms 2. The spindle 3 is provided with a horizontal spindle 8 on which the wheel 9 revolves. f ed a new and useful Vehicle-Lock, and we each of theflanges 14 and 15 being provided witha notch 16 which receives-one; side of the bolt 17 which passes through the arms 12 and 13 for securely clamping the'brackets on the axle. The upper ends of the bolts housing. The disks prevent' the removal of the nuts 18 from the bolts 17 by unauthorized persons.V The arms12 and 13 are ini 17 Ibeing provided with-nuts and washers-18 and 19` for drawing the arms 12 and 13 to- V21 disposed in grooves 22 and are held'there-d 1n by inea-ns of the upset edges 23 of the tegrally connected together by means of the: Y

portions 24 and areprovided with integral cylindrical .Y portions `25 having, cylindrical chambers-26, in which are coiledV springs 27 having their inner ends bearing against theA web 28 of the axle 1, their outer ends being in engagement with a T-shaped slidable bar i 29, which is slidablein T-'shaped bearings of the cylindricalporis formed by the upper-and lower arms 31, 7

which are bent as at 32 to 29 and one arm tions 35 which engages the upper surface of the horizontal portion or flange 36 of the T-shaped bar 29, which horizontal flange is provided with apertures 37 in which the sliding bolt 38 of the lock 39 is adapted to engage, the lock being secured tothe arm 40 as at 41. The lock maybe of any suitable structure and may be key operated or a combination type of lock.

Bracket 11 is practically of the same shape as bracket 10,. however the arms 42' are bent as at 43 so as to form portions tof engage the verticalV flanges of the T-shap'ed bar 2 9y and are in turn bent as at 45 to form parallel arms 46 which engage the upper' and lower' surfaces of the horizontal fiangej 36 ef the haar 29, there being apertures 47 in arms 4.6' adapted to register with apertures 4S is the flange 36, said reglsterlng apertures-being adapted toreceiveV the'f shackle 49 of any form of padlock 5,0`

the 'parts are inthis positionfthe locksxof The outer end of the slidable bar 29 is- When it is desiredV toldock theI `vehicle Wheell at angle, the wheel isturned by the steering mechanism; to the proper angle,

theirV the ,T-sbaped; bar is pulled outwardly until the convex end thereof fis' in engagea nient nWith the spokes of the Wheel. When the lorackers,n or ,oneV of them is locked so that thebolts thereof Willi pass through .the

registering apertures'of; the fiangeo of the T-shaped. bar and the apertures of the horizontal portlOlls 3 5 and 45 of the brackets 1Q'and1ll.= It will be seen that if the vehicle is started; bly unanthorizedl persons,`

that the Wheel Will revolve, ,but Will be plievented from being positioned except at an angle, therefore thevehicl'e as a Whole Will Smove in circle, under `which condition; it

could not be moved :for a great distance.

f When the looking mechanismisnot needed, the locks are unlocked andy the. Tshapel bar isVL moved inwardly andis' frittignally held in inwardpositinjby means' of the eoiled springs 27 disposed between-the rear end thereof-andthe web of? theaXle lyhowv`ever if so desiredthe bar mayl be locked in noperativeiipositon by; niemals-,11ig either or bothfof thsloeks.

i'. The invention having been setforth what :is -elaimed as newand 'useful is l; Adockfor vehicles comprising a slidsenese-tee@fait im ts einer@ fer five centers-@1s by @erwies His Gwmeivnvs lstern- Y aXle of a vehicle, said slidable bar being T-shaped in erosssection fandslidable inbearings ofthe brackets, the horizontal Hangs kof the T-shaped bar being provided with apertures for the reception of locking bolts which pass through apertures in the brackets sothatthe outer endof the slidable bar may be locked in engagement Withthe vehicle Wheel when the, same is at various angles. and springs. disposed between the slidable bar and the axle whereby the slidable, barwll Ybe prevented from displacemeutwhen the Sam@ is in unloeked position-- 2. A lock for vehicles comprising a slid'- able bar'slidable in brackets secured to the axle of a vehicle,sadJsldable bar being Tfshaped in Y`cross sectionfand sl-idable; in

able bar slidable in brackets secured'to the bearings ofthe brackets7V the` horizontal Hene'ot the Tfshapsd ber being provided with apertures Which register `with apertures in the'brackets so as to receive looking bolts for loekingthe slidable bar 1in-various horizontal A- positions, the `outer end of the Y sldableban being rlerdsd with a vrtsally disposed convex surfauie` of` greater Width than the space between the spokes,- said con- VSX surface beingj adapted: teweeg@ the spokes of the Wheel andlallow the spokes to. slide over the Convexed. 'Sur/fw@ @S the wheelis revolved and also preventing. and

limiting the horizontal riveting 0f the wheel soras to cause .the vehicle to move in. the direction in 4which `the `Wheel isV positiered and locked, andspringV means for ntaining the Teshaped bar out of engagement with the Wheel. 1

@testimony whereof Weber@ Signed our names to this specification inthe presence VQLLIE L-HABERMM if C11-Ames W- HeERMAN A 

